Native American (Keresan) woman and child stand near either the Turquoise or Squash Kiva at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. A white man and woman walk under an umbrella near the kiva. The adobe kiva has wooden vigas, an adobe staircase, and a...

Interior view of a kiva, possibly the snake kiva, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit in the kiva; one man sits on a wooden crate at a wooden loom and weaves a dark blanket or rug while another...

An altar lies at the bottom of a wood ladder in a ceremonial kiva, possibly at Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Light shines down from the entrance to the kiva at the top of the ladder.

View, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of two Native American men, one identified as Chief Harry Supela. A man, wearing a shirt, stands on thin wooden poles that cover the snake kiva; other poles rest against the side of the kiva; a man wearing a...

Native American (Taos) men stand near a kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in blankets. A wooden ladder protrudes from the kiva roof. Pueblo buildings stand below the small hill on which the kiva sits. The Taos Mountains show in...

Piles of rocks stand in the foreground of this view from the east side of Kiva A at Step House in Mesa Verde National Park. The cliff dwelling is under a large, rock overhang. The tallest portion of the ruin stands at right. Small shrubs are in...

View of the entrance to a Native American (Anasazi) underground kiva in Pajarito Park (later Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. A long wooden ladder protrudes from a square entrance to the ruins of a cylindrical stone kiva set inside a...

Native American (Keresan) women and possibly Black men and children walk near either the Turquoise or Squash Kiva at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. The adobe kiva has wooden vigas and a ladder which protrudes up from the center of the kiva....

A timber ladder provides access into a kiva structure under volcanic tuff cliffs, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The reconstructed kiva is built up with rock and has a rectangular entrance framed with timber. A natural...

Interior view of a kiva at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit in the kiva; one man sits on a wooden crate at a wooden loom and weaves a dark blanket or rug while another looks on; a hat lies on an...

Interior view of a kiva, possibly the snake kiva, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit near a loom; a wooden ladder leans against a large opening in the ceiling; a clay bowl is next to the ladder;...

A Native American (tribe unknown) man stands on a wooden ladder which leads out of a kiva at Ceremonial Cave, near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The round, covered kiva stands in a cliffside cave.

A Native American (tribe unknown) man stands on a wooden ladder which leads out of a stone masonry kiva at Ceremonial Cave near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The round, covered kiva stands in a cliffside cave.

Native American (tribe unknown) man stands near a reconstructed kiva, probably in Ceremonial Cave, near Frijoles Canyon, Pajarito Park (Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The kiva has a wooden pole and tree branch roof through which a wooden...

White men with Native American (Hopi) children by the snake kiva, Mishongnovi Pueblo, Arizona. Shows round stone wall with a board over the kiva and a ladder leading into it, multi-story structures with ladders and steps, and dirt roads in the...

Native American (Cochiti) woman and a white boy stand on the steps of a kiva in one of the Rio Grande Pueblos, Cochiti, New Mexico. The woman wears a manta with lace trim, and white wrap moccasins; the boy wears a shirt and overalls.

View of three houses in Glen Isle (Park County), Colorado. The closest house has a sign on the facing wall: "Garden spot." Two wagon wheels lean against a fence outside of it. The two other houses are identified by the artist as the Kiva house and...

Native American (Taos) men stand near a kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in blankets. A large wooden ladder protrudes from the kiva roof. Wagons and pueblo buildings are visible in the distance.

Harriet Rhoads stands in front of a kiva at the Native American (Anasazi) Spruce Tree House ruin site in Mesa Verde National Park. A ladder is in the entrance of the kiva. Shows masonry walls and a cliff overhang.

View of an adobe estufa or kiva at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The kiva has a small round window and a small wooden platform near the top of the wall. A wooden ladder leans against the small platform, and extends past the top of the estufa. An...

View of a Native American (Tewa) estufa (kiva) in a plaza at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The rectangular kiva has small wooden vigas, two canales and two wooden ladders leaning against its side. A horno, Pueblo buildings, and fences are visible...

View inside adobe kiva walls, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, shows stone millstones on the floor, include a flat stone, a round stone, and a stone with a small depression in its center, mano and metates.

A view at Na-Te-So, a pueblo built by Indians as an artists' colony and tourist attraction, includes an adobe "kiva" with hewn log steps on the front and vigas on the sides. A vertical log fence and another building are behind the platform.

View of the Ceremonial Cave, Native American (Anasazi) cliff ruins in Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The cave stands in a cliffside before excavation and restoration of the kiva.

Native American (Hopi) mothers, near a kiva, Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona, have babies wrapped in blankets on their backs; each mother holds the hand of another child. Shows pueblo buildings and ladders.